I can't give you specific rates, although from what I read of other users who have dealt with Maxtor, many of them would not go back and the general consensus is to go with WD, Seagate and to a certain extent Samsung

The free for life is supposed to have expired but check it out as the overall service is free. I havent used it much but it may be of use to you. You might want to investigate that comment of ntowill's if your considering using it.

I had one of these exact models for about a month before it died. I couldn't get it repaired under warranty as I pulled it apart (stupid molded plastic case) to see if I could get the data off it, which I couldn't.

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